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The Day of the Modern Irrepressibles

If Your Birthday is May 14
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Cultivate harmony in your various relationships (including that with yourself). That means: endeavor to maintain a state of peace and of trust unless there is a good reason not to, and lead the way in showing kindness and friendliness. Our culture badly needs a fresh supply of warmth, and you have the qualities to make an excellent ambassador. In addition, when we invite others in, our own lives become exponentially and profoundly enriched.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

Chances are your feelings and actions will be relatively in sync today, thanks to a sextile between Venus in Aries and Mars in Gemini. This is looking like quite a social setup, with a nice balance between giving and receiving, friendship and sex, self-assertion and relating. Yet here’s the thing to be aware of: both of these planets are in the last degree of their respective signs. Plus, Venus is inching closer to Uranus the Awakener, and Mars is moving into contact with some planets dealing with deep and far-reaching themes. This could add up to an odd sort of edginess mixed in with your more affable, social inclinations.

For example, you may feel a little scattered or impulsive, or like you’re not sure if your interactions with others can handle all the energy you need to discharge. Opportunities to be social — particularly in a group setting, even if your conversations are all one-on-one — look like a balanced way to channel it all; though follow your instincts. If you encounter someone with great integrity and honesty, or who seems un-empathetic and inflexible, it will likely offer a clear barometer of how this astrology is manifesting for you, and you can then adjust accordingly. The Moon entering grace-and-beauty-loving Libra for the second half of the day will resonate with Venus and Mars. That should help to mellow things some, as those two planets both prepare to change signs tomorrow.
— by Amanda Painter

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The Day of the Outspoken Spokesperson: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is May 8
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Pay attention to your vision for your path ahead, which may be coming through with unusual clarity. You are becoming sensitive to deep emotions, which are giving voice to a pure impetus coming from within the roots of your soul. This is your will, and the basis of your personal journey. Use it to plant seeds for carrying out the next phase of your work; and keep a line open so that you feel its pull.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

What defines a ‘genius’ idea? Is it simply the fact that it’s revolutionary? Or does it need to serve the highest good of humanity (and not be allowed to run amok and cause destruction) to count? Even if you don’t come up with an insight today that begs such profound questions, it’s still not a bad idea to consider the implications of any ‘light-bulb moments’ you have. Mercury makes its exact conjunction to Uranus in Taurus today. And while Uranus is said to be the ‘higher octave’ of Mercury vibrationally, it’s not always easy under current worldly conditions to keep one’s spirit at that level.

So you’ll want to keep tabs on how this astrology is manifesting for you. The fact that it’s happening in Taurus could help to moderate and ground the potentially scattered or hyper nature of this conjunction. It’s also possible that it could overwhelm the usual Taurean deliberateness, particularly for anyone who’s already feeling a little high-strung or on edge. That said, you may find that your intuition and any artistic or original thinking and work could get a real boost.

Just remember that mental speed is not the same as actual intelligence; if your mind is racing or jumping to interconnected ideas, it could be difficult to get traction. Don’t worry — the sensation should not last long, since Mercury is moving quickly. But do test your insights before jumping full-speed ahead with them just because they’re new. If you’re feeling nervous, specifically body-based relaxation techniques (think massage, breath work, yoga — even gardening, cooking or touching pleasant textures) could be especially helpful. The Moon moving through Cancer today should assist in understanding how you’re feeling about all your new thoughts, which might be a little more emotional than you’d expect. It’s just part of being a multi-faceted human.
— by Amanda Painter

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The Day of Steadfastness: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is April 28
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Cultivate your vision of the ideal; you can sort out the specific practicalities as you go. Your innate sense of beauty is a powerful driver that can really propel you along when touched and awakened, and allowed to blossom. Make room for this part of yourself, and recognize it as such; it merits a place in your life just as surely as does your down-to-earth, competent side. If existence were cake, this would be the frosting.

Written in the Planets

If you’ve been feeling somewhat highly strung over the past few days, you may find you’re able to relax at least a little. For one thing, the Moon enters Pisces; for another, the Mars-Neptune square is now dissipating (though it would still be advisable to keep an eye on your state of mind, stay away from any potential destabilizing influences, and take things slowly). Now that the aspect is no longer exact, consider any interesting information you’ve gained. What did you learn? What became clear? What did you figure out?

Also today, Juno in Cancer forms a square to Chiron and Salacia in Aries, which are themselves part of a larger pattern in the early degrees of the cardinal signs. Juno and Salacia especially provide an intriguing juxtaposition between marriage and sex. How do those two concepts interplay in your worldview? How far do you consider sex to be connected with marriage, or suppose that one must necessarily follow the other? Chiron is prompting you to re-examine your thoughts and feelings.

This aspect pattern additionally suggests a reminder to keep your mind open, and not to make yourself narrower than you really are for the sake of having the guardrails of certainty and easy answers. Cultivate trust — in yourself, in others, and in the bright wide cosmos.

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The Day of the Iconoclast: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is April 13
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Be ready to lift your head above the parapet. Standing out takes courage, whether that’s being the first person to walk through previously untrodden territory; or perhaps the one who says what nobody else will. It cannot be done with the intention of simply making a noise. Yet if you have something that needs to be expressed, a point of view or a work of art uniquely your own, let the world see and hear.
— By Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

How can you simultaneously take care of yourself (and the other people, animals and things close to you) and stay engaged in the tumultuous changes happening in the world at large? Who are you in the face of these changes, and in the midst of the many changes you yourself may feel called to make? These might be the sorts of questions pushing into consciousness today, as the Aries Sun moves into exact alignment with the Pluto-Eris square (with Saturn and other change-related points and objects nearby). You may find that the more you can answer those questions through direct, non-digital contact with others, the more you’ll relieve any sense of tension that’s been brewing — at least, on the personal level. With the Moon in Leo harmonizing with other fire-sign planets, you may sense (or seek) a little extra purpose to your socializing today. Who in your world is sparking joy?
— By Amanda Painter

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The Day of Societal Awareness: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is April 12
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Follow the light of your enthusiasm and let it guide you to your vocation, or deeper into it. It’s likely you’ve already made significant and visible progress, such that it seems natural and necessary to continue; and just now you have a tailwind. Make use of that advantage as far as you can, as a champion cyclist might use a top-of-the-range set of wheels; hold your focus for as long as possible, and don’t look back.
— By Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

Today is the first quarter Moon. We get this Moon phase — which is the Moon square the Sun one week after a New Moon — every month, and it’s a pretty dependable energy for leaning into a project that you need to move forward. All squares carry some tension that must be expressed through action.

This particular first quarter Moon, however, brings the Cancer Moon directly in line with a major aspect pattern: the Aries Sun conjunct Eris, square Pluto and Saturn. Speaking broadly, this makes a high-powered aspect that’s describing a lot of the chaos, pressure and overwhelming change of modern life personal. At the time of the exact Moon-Sun square, the Moon will be conjunct the lunar North Node.

You may feel yourself responding on some visceral, emotional or not-fully-conscious level to the astrology — which really means, to what’s going on around and within you — and to what you’re being called to do. So there’s a reminder here to listen to your needs to go with the flow and take care of yourself (physically, emotionally, energetically) while still maintaining contact with the reality of all that you’re dealing with. It is possible — and it might mean investing more into what’s energizing you, rather than less.

Offering some stability, opportunity and a soft place to express some energy is a sextile between Venus in Pisces and Saturn in Capricorn. On one level, this aspect offers the potential to enjoy a sense of gratification from being of service to your loved ones. What do they need that you can fulfill generously and with empathy? Can you make this a tangible, in-body, in-person gesture (rather than delivering via the internet)? The combination of sensitivity/inspiration and discipline / attention to details inherent here also makes this a great aspect for making art — another beautiful outlet for any tension you’re feeling from other quarters.
— By Amanda Painter

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What We Birth Amidst the Chaos

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By Amanda Painter

On Saturday, the Aries Sun slides right into the square between Pluto in Capricorn and Eris in Aries. As was written about at the beginning of the week, this is part of a long series of era-changing and defining aspects covering the last ten-plus years. Chances are you can see a substantial amount of the change, stress, growth and discovery in your own life in that span of time as a reflection of this astrology; this week’s rumblings may be stirring up some uncertainty and tension — possibly with deep roots, along with great creative potential.

“Mystic Mountain,” a detail from the much more extensive Carina Nebula, which astronomers are studying the complicated physical processes that form new stars. Photo by NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

“Mystic Mountain,” a detail from the much more extensive Carina Nebula, via which astronomers are studying the complicated physical processes that form new stars. Photo by NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

One thing that could feel tricky about it, though, is getting a handle on how this energy is coming through for you personally.

Eris and Pluto move slowly; they tend to describe generational (or longer) processes.

Pluto, in particular, drives social (and, in Capricorn, institutional) evolution by breaking down what’s no longer functioning constructively. Eris adds a destabilizing factor: an element of chaos, subversion and (in its recent association with Uranus) provocation via the ways we define identity itself.

Another thing that might be challenging right now — yet easier to grasp — is the lingering effects of Mercury, and now Venus, moving through the focus-dissolving, imagination-distracting, and enticingly escapist field of Neptune in Pisces. Mercury is also still working through its post-retrograde shadow phase (it exits for new astrological turf on April 16). I’m hearing from a number of people comments about how this is still feeling a bit hiccup-y. It’s okay to continue taking things as slowly and deliberately as you need to.

Looking at Saturday’s chart, I noticed an interesting complement of minor objects in close contact with the Sun-Pluto-Eris aspect. I think they paint a fairly clear thematic picture, whether applied personally as you see fit, or culturally. I’m going to list them briefly.

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A Full-Moon Pholus on the Solstice

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By Amanda Painter

As you likely already know, late tomorrow the Sun enters Capricorn for the solstice. The next day, we get a potent-looking Cancer Full Moon. So we’re about to enter a moment of (possibly) heightened emotions, layered on top of cultural holiday busy-ness, layered on top of a seasonal point of contraction and interiority, all nestled into the personal-is-political Aries Point — with a twist.

Photo by Amanda Painter

These are days to keep a finger on the pulse of how you’re feeling.

What catches your attention as a possible synchronicity or as having meaning, and what (or who) starts to trigger your reactivity? Are you going along with the crowd because it’s expected or you’ve ‘always done this’, or is a small, inner voice whispering something about needing to spend a little time differently this year?

To help you get your bearings, here’s the timing of the main astro events: on Friday, Dec. 21, the Sun enters Capricorn at 5:23 pm EST (22:22:37 UTC), immediately making a conjunction to the centaur Pholus (technically exact the next day). That’s the “twist” I mentioned, and I’ll come back to it in a moment.

At 11:28 am EST (16:27:54 UTC) on Saturday, Dec. 22, the Moon ingresses Cancer. Then, just over an hour later at 12:48 pm EST (17:48:29 UTC), the Cancer Moon and Capricorn Sun oppose each other.

With a Full Moon in the very first degree of Cancer, we’re ringing the bell of the Aries Point pretty strongly (the Aries Point is the first degree of Aries, which resonates with the first degree of all the cardinal signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra and Cap). I know many people don’t pay as much attention to the news on the weekends, though with social media interaction it still may enter your awareness. Even so, you might want to pay attention to it over the next few days.

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Readings for Your Soul: Gemini & Cancer Birthdays

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First Opportunity to Pre-Order: 2017 Cancer Birthday Reading

Do you have a Cancer Sun or Cancer rising sign? Your big month is just around the corner: next week, both the Sun and Mercury enter your sign — promising to extend your awareness and presence out into your world and deeper into yourself.

As one who tends to experience life as a series of cycles, having the Sun in Cancer usually indicates an upswing for you: a time to move ahead with who you are — even if you feel like you’re only beginning to discover that, or creating it as you go. What better way to catch the energy wave of this season’s astrology than by listening to your 2017 Cancer Birthday Reading?

Like all Planet Waves “birthday” readings, this will include two segments of astrology (at least 30 minutes each), plus a tarot reading — including photos of the cards — which may arrive a little after the astrology segments are ready.

You can lock in the absolute lowest price offered on this reading by pre-ordering now, before Eric records and publishes it. You can also pre-order it as a gift for your favorite Cancer loved one.

Last Chance for Discounted Price: 2017 Gemini Birthday Reading

Trying to make a decision? Wondering what’s up in a relationship? Ready to make a leap of faith in your career calling? Just need a friendly, calm voice speaking words of encouragement, strategy and sanity into your ear?

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